Godfrey Budeli > Adams & Adams > Pretoria, South Africa > Lawyer Profile
Adams & Adams Offices
LYNNWOOD BRIDGE, 4 DAVENTRY STREET,
LYNNWOOD MANOR,
PRETORIA
South Africa
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Godfrey Budeli
Work Department
Trade Marks
Position
Partner | Trade Mark Attorney
Career
Godfrey Budeli is one of the partners in Trade Mark Litigation section and is currently heading up the Anti-Counterfeiting team. He holds an LLB degree from the University of Pretoria and an LLM degree from the University of Cape Town. His area of speciality is civil and criminal litigation in relation to anti-counterfeiting in South Africa and many African countries. He is involved in regular training courses for customs officials at various border posts. He served on the firm’s Management Committee as the diversity representative.
Languages
English
Memberships
- American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa – Honorary Member
- Legal Practice Council (LPC) – Member
- International Trademark Association (INTA) – Member and part of Anti-Counterfeiting Committee | 2020 – 2021
- Pretoria Attorney Association (PAA) – Member
- South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) – Fellow
- SAIIPL: Anti-Counterfeit Committee Member
Accolades:
- AI Global Leading Advisor Awards – Leading Trade Mark and Anti-Counterfeiting Lawyer of the Year: South Africa – 2020
- Corporate Excellence Awards – Trade Mark Attorney of the Year, 2019 South Africa |2019
- Finance Monthly – Lawyer of the Year: Anti-counterfeiting South Africa | 2018, 2019
- Legal 500 – Recommended Lawyer: Intellectual Property | 2018; 2021 – 2023
- WTR 1000 – Tier 1 Ranked: Anti-Counterfeiting (Recommended)| 2018 – 2023
- WIPR – Leaders: Trade Marks | 2022
- WIPR – Diversity Champion | 2022
- Best Lawyers® – Intellectual Property Law: South Africa | 2023
Education
- Admitted Attorney | 2006
- Registered Trade Mark Attorney
- LLM (Commercial Law) – University of Cape Town | 2003
- LLB – University of Pretoria | 2002
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Intellectual property
At Adams & Adams, the ‘outstanding‘ trade marks and patents team ‘provides thorough and pragmatic advice on all trade mark prosecution and enforcement matters‘. Firm chairperson Kelly Thompson ‘provides phenomenal support in relation to trade mark opposition and infringement matters across the African continent‘, and Janice Galvad oversees patents and designs matters. Dario Tanziani leads the patents and designs renewals and recordals side of the practice, and Nicky Garnett is the key contact for the firm’s African patents and designs work. Nolwazi Gcaba heads up the trade mark renewals section; Godfrey Budeli fronts anti-counterfeiting; and Nishan Singh and Steven Yeates are key names for trade mark litigation and prosecution respectively. Consultant Mariëtte du Plessis
, Darren Olivier, Dale Healy, Alexis Apostolidis, Russell Bagnall, Sophia Smallbones and Darshan Moodley are star names in the department.